Australia is about to learn more about twins and how they contribute to the health of everyone. A new two-part series, Australia’s Most Identical, is showing on Channel 9 and 9NOW nationally over two nights on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th June at 7.30pm. The series seeks to answer the question: Are some twins more identical […]
TRA Deputy Director, Professor Jeff Craig, provides his perspective on a recent research paper, More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth. Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dappasolomon001 In recent years, more people around the world are having twins. This increase is mainly due to medical treatments that help couples have […]
If you’ve had twins, your body worked harder during pregnancy than if you had one baby. What does this mean for your heart health? Professor Jeff Craig, Deputy Director of Twins Research Australia explains. (This relates to a recent news article Twins Boost Heart Disease Risk in New Mothers | Mirage News which summarised this study: Hospitalization for […]
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our one-of- a-kind, generous, endlessly enthusiastic and curious, funny, brilliant Director of Twins Research Australia, Professor John Hopper AM, who led our Centre for nearly 35 years. John was a pioneering Australian genetic epidemiologist and twin researcher whose work transformed […]
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our friend, colleague and collaborator, Professor John Hopper AM, who led Twins Research Australia over the past 35 years. John was a pioneering Australian genetic epidemiologist and twin researcher whose work transformed understanding of the genetic and environmental factors influencing human […]
A new study funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) of twins and sisters with and without breast cancer aims to make new insights into the causes of this deadly disease that kills over 3,200 Australians each year. The study is led by Twins Research Australia Director, Professor John Hopper at the University of […]
Thanks to all of our TRA members who participated in studies in 2022! Like to know more about how they are progressing? Find out below….. Monash University’s Resilience and Vulnerability to Mental Health Problems Study has been a huge success in 2021 and 2022, thanks to the amazing 697 twin pairs who joined the study. […]
Thanks to all of our TRA members who participated in studies in 2023! Like to know more about how they are progressing? Find out below….. The FEASST study, which is looking into how diet affects male fertility, is urgently looking for more men – identical and fraternal twins aged 20-45 living in Melbourne or surrounds. […]
Melbourne twins, Royden and Pierson Budge, are participating in the FEASST study, looking into how diet affects male fertility. They explain why they joined and what is involved. Twins Research Australia thanks them most sincerely for their efforts to help us better understand this important area of men’s health. Open to male twins, identical and […]
My interest in twins has spanned my whole life as I was born a younger sibling of identical twins, explains Dr Katie Wood, a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist at Swinburne University of Technology who specialises in twin and family relationships. “I grew up always trying to divide and conquer this very tight twin dynamic […]
Twins Research Australia has received continuous funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) since 1981, most recently through a Centre of Research Excellence Grant (2015-2022). TRA is administered by the University of Melbourne.
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